Prep Rally

What's the best way to celebrate an 18th birthday? If you're Beaverton (Ore.) Aloha High senior running back Thomas Tyner, you run for a state single-game record 643 yards and an absolutely astounding 10 touchdowns in a single game … then watch as your team's defense scrambles to hold on to an early season win.

As reported by the Oregonian, Tyner's stats remain unofficial, but so far his night looks like one of the best ever produced by a running back anywhere. Considering the fact that many running backs would be happy to amass 600 yards in a season, getting them all in one night is something else. Tyner's record night surpassed the previous state mark of 508 yards -- set in 2011 by West Albany (Ore.) High back Jake LaCoste -- by more than 100 yards.

As good as Dungey may have been, Tyner was that much better. He nearly matched Lakeridge's point total himself. The Oregonian's Mike Richman was covering the game and providing tweet-by-tweet updates, leading to the following surreal dispatch at one point in the second quarter:

By halftime, Tyner already had 362 yards and five touchdowns … on just 19 carries. As it turns out, those halftime numbers only served notice that Tyner was in the midst of a special night, particularly as Lakeridge kept scoring, pushing Aloha to respond.

Tyner also now sits third all time in single-game rushing nationally, behind Netcong (N.J.) High legend John Giannantonio's 754 yards in 1950 and a 661-yard performance by Matewan (W.V.) High back Paul McCoy in 2006.

Given that Tyner's best ever game came on his birthday provided even more material for the memory bank, all while providing a nice little present for Oregon fans, who can salivate for just less than a year before presumably getting the record-setter on the field in a Ducks uniform.